It took less than a week for this young mum's decision to install a video camera on her front door to be vindicated.

The woman, who lives in Longford and wants to remain anonymous, fitted a video doorbell only last week and was startled just a few days later to find footage of a man first trying the handle on her car, then trying her front door, before walking off.

It happened at about 6.15am on Sunday and the man's intentions are not known.